Police: Milton man goes on rampage in mobile home then convenience store

MILTON -- State police say a man went on a rampage early Wednesday morning, first in his girlfriend's mobile home and then in a Cumberland Farms, destroying property and threatening to start a fire.

Police say William H. Thompson, 30, of 331 Rowland St. in Milton poured kerosene inside and outside of his girlfriend's mobile home and threatened to set the home on fire. He also allegedly ripped the toilet out of the bathroom and threw items around the mobile home, destroying a flat screen television in the process.

He then left the home and went to the Cumberland Farms on Geyser Road, where he destroyed a glass door and a display of lighters. While in the store, police say he jumped over the counter and threatened the clerk.

Police were called to Cumberland Farms at about 2:19 a.m. Wednesday.

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Thompson is charged with third-degree attempted arson, third-degree burglary, two counts of criminal mischief and menacing.

Trooper Mark Cepiel, state police spokesman, said no injuries were reported in the incident and that further charges are pending as the investigation is ongoing.

Cepiel said there is surveillance footage from Cumberland Farms, but it is evidence in an ongoing investigation and cannot be released.